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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 5 (setup 1, season 26)
Sunderland
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Christian WETKLO1Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Daniel SCHWAAB2Ander MURILLO García
Marcel SCHÄFER837Vladimír WEISS
Julian SCHUSTER46Alexander MERKEL
Per MERTESACKER85Diego Alfredo LUGANO Moreno
Stéphane GRICHTING76Gianluca CAPRARI
Stefan AIGNER776Phil McGRATH
Leonardo BITTENCOURT786Pablo Daniel PIATTI
Nils PETERSEN796GÖKHAN Ünal
Alexander MEIER106Leroy LITA
OSVALDO Lourenço Filho611Dudley CAMPBELL
Manager
Sead KOLASINAC12Joe CARDLE
André HOFFMANN13RENAN Brito Soares
Manuel SCHMIEDEBACH14Lee LUCAS
Jan SCHLAUDRAFF15Manuele BLASI
Alexander ESSWEIN16Andrea CARACCIOLO

Sunderland 3 Cardiff City 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 39,413, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Thomas DRAGE 6)
10 Grichting, 32 Aigner, 90+2 PetersenScorers
76 Schwaab <=> EssweinSubstitutions
Sendings off
40 Schäfer, 46 Meier, 90+3 BittencourtBookings
4Corners1
19Fouls4
2Offsides1
10Shots on2
13Shots off4
23Total shots6
7Shots saved2
60%Possession40%
Man of the match: Julian SCHUSTER
3A strike from GRICHTING held little difficulty for the Cardiff City 'keeper.
10GOAL!! A shot from GRICHTING rolled through a ruck of players and bounced past the unsighted 'keeper. (1-0 Sunderland)
13A corner fell to PETERSEN who forced an effort inches over.
14GÖKHAN shot wide.
17BITTENCOURT poked an easy chance past the far post.
19GÖKHAN headed inches wide.
20The Cardiff City 'keeper blocked a neatly crafted shot from PETERSEN.
24A drive from BITTENCOURT seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball clear.
31PETERSEN ran onto a delightful ball from BITTENCOURT but hit his shot wide of the lefthand post.
32GOAL!! Unlucky SCHUSTER hit the woodwork before AIGNER flicked the ball into the net as MURILLO failed to clear. (2-0 Sunderland)
40A clumsy challenge on CAMPBELL by SCHÄFER results in a booking.
 
46MEIER booked by DRAGE.
54An exceptional effort from GÖKHAN scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
59PETERSEN brought the ball round LITA and rattled a poor shot into the crowd.
67SCHÄFER placed a looping shot inches wide from twenty-five yards out.
69MURILLO beat a number of Sunderland players and slammed an effort over the bar.
72The 'keeper was able to block a tame shot from SCHÄFER.
82GRICHTING scuffed a simple chance.
88A cross from BITTENCOURT left AIGNER in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
90+1A header by PETERSEN at the far post was comfortably collected by the Cardiff City 'keeper.
90+2GOAL!! An imaginative MERTESACKER played a delightful ball down the right to PETERSEN who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (3-0 Sunderland)
90+3BITTENCOURT booked.